Automobile-bumper.



E. PARRADEE.

AUTOMOBILE BUMPER.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.4. 1911.

1,277,749. PIIIenIf-IISQI, 191s.

citizen of the United vof Illinois,.have invented EDWARD ramaapnn, A or CHICAGO," rumors.

an'romoBrLE-BUMPER.

1,277,749. Original application led February 21,

To all whom it may concern Be-it known that I, EDWARD PARRADEE, a States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State certain new and useful Improvements, in Automobile-Bumpers, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to automobile bumpers, and more particularly to an attachment device, for securing a bumper to any type (')ne of the .objects ot the invention is to provide simplicity of construction for easy and economical manufacture, convenient adjustability and advantageous correlation of parts for ease of application to many scription and drawing makes of cars. Still other and further objects Will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art, -trom aconsideration' of the following dewhereinz-4 Figure 1 is a perspective view oi' the bumper applied to the frontend of a. motor car frame. i

Fig.-2 is a sectional View on the line 2-2 oi? Fig. 1.

.l"ig 3 is-av sectional view on the line 3-3 ot Fig. 12.

Fig. 4. is a sectional view on the line 4--4 bring.

The transverse. member or b ar of the bumper, shown at 10, comprises a flat, steel band 11'. of appropriate length bent to provide a front course or leait 12 to extend the Jull width ot' the car, and at the sides thereot preferably to bow rearwardly, end curves or bends` 1?, preferably son'iewhat ypearshaped to avoid curvatures of weakeninglyshort-radius and stubs 14 pai-alle ing the front course, 12, spaced a few inches apart therefrom, and terminating in confront-ing ends separated transversely by a distance somewhat more than the ordinary width of an automobile ""ame. A rear strap 15, kindred inmaterial to the member 11 spans this When the. overlapped ends are se- Specification of Letters Patent. Paftniged Sept. 3, 1918.

1917, serial Nemmeno. :owned` and uns applicati@ mea october il, 191.7.` Serial No. 194,687. e A

inA substantial parallelism with the relatively deep, narrow band edge-down.

The above described bar is supported on spring-supports 17, preferably of spring steel, each providing a straight vleg 18, tov1 extend in parallel' of the car, a spring,r curve 19 at its outer end, and a foot 2 bent laterally outward to parallel the rear course of the bar and rest flat against-the contiguous stub 14 thereof.

The seats 2O of the supports are adjustably clamped .to the'overlapped portion 16 ot' the rear course of the bar, and to this end, I provide in each clamp/,a pair of U- bolts 22 snuglyembracing the'triple ply of metal formed by the ends or" the stub 14, strap 15 and foot 20, and-at their lower ends passing through a plate 23 to be secured by the complemental nuts. It will be apparent that by this construction, the supporting legs 18 may be adjusted as to lateral separation through a rangeadequate to tit the bumper to cars of different vframe Widths.

The above described construction of the bumper bar itself forms the subject matter or" my ljatent No. 1,247,142 for automobile bumpers, granted November 20, 1917, trom which the present application is a' division.

rlhe. rear portion` of each leg 18 is secured to the down-bending horn of the side sill oi' the car frame preferably by front and rear clamps 25 and 25 that may be substantial duplicates -in construction. llach clamp preferably comprises a stem 21' to receive a nut 27 at its outer end and thence extendingv preferal'ily in broadened and fiattened form adapted to lie Hush against the under side of said frame channel to a U- bend 27 of a terminal hook so that the .hooked stem may embrace the shegt metal bottom flange oi: the channeled car frame member and bear against both thc top ar-.d bottom thereof. (her the outer 'portion of the stem is 4slipped a clamp fittine :ill having:

m Wit/hl v.the'side frame of the front clamp 25 by direct engagement, the leg lying between the bolt andthe clamp jaw .29 as shown in Fig. 3. Owing, however, to the fact that the horn czof the machine is generally down-turned more or less, in order that the leg shall be level its rear extremity should be adjustable with respect to the rear clamp 25. Accordingly I have fitted upon the extremity of leg 1S a bracket 35 anchored thereto as at 36, and extending upwardly above the leg 18, such bracket having therein a slot 3T to receive the stem of the rear clamp in such relation to the slot as will level the supporting leg horizontally. y 1

It will be apparent that the construction described aiords a Very rigid anchorage of the bumper to the frame of the car and provides a bumper structure wherein the bar is formed of an effectively continuous loo I'Ilhile I have illustrated and described but a single embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is y l. In a bumper the combination of a bar, supporting arms extending rearwardly therefrom, and clamp means for securing said arms to the automobile frame, each said clamping means comprising a hook stem, a jaw member slidably mounted on the stem with one portion thereof overlying the outer side of the frame and another portion underlying the mid-portion of the stem arranged to force said mid-portion of the stem into intimate contact with the frame, and a. nut for forcing said jaw member toward the hook.

2. In an automobile bumper, the combination of a transverse bar, supporting arms extending rearwardly therefrom, and clamping means for securing said arms to the automobile fra-me, each said clamping means comprising a hooked stem, having a flattened, hooked portion and a threaded extremity, a clamping jaw having a portion to oppose the hook and aV portion to extend longitudinally under the flattened prtion of the stem to force the latter into intimate contact with the frame, and a nut on the said stem for forcing said clamping jaw toward said hook and retaining the supporting member on the stem.

3. In an automobile bumper the combination of a transverse bar, supportingarms extending rearwardly therefrom, and clamping means for securing said supports to the automobile frame, said clamping means comprising a hooked 4stem positioned to underlie the automobile frame with the hook in engagement with the inner edge thereof, a clamping jaw 'of L-shaped crossscction positioned with its vertical leg abutting against the outer side of the frame and its horizontal leg extending under the frame, said jaw having an opening therein to receive the hooked stem whereby to force said stem into intimate Contact with the under side of the frame, and a nut threaded on the outer end of the stem to force the clamping jaw toward the hook.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with an angle bar frame member, of a stem, having one end bent -upon itself to form a hook to closely fit one fiange of the bar and to intimately contact the under surface of said fiange; a perforate clamping fitting having a semi-cylindrical, underlying part closely fitting the under side of said stem and an integral vertical plate for Contact with the innerY face of the vertical flange of said bar; and a nut on-the end of the stem to force the fitting and stem into intimate Contact with said bar.

5. ,In combination with a bumper bar; supporting arms extending rearwardly thereof; a pivotal support for each said arm near the bar; an upwardly extending slotted bracket, secured to the rear end'of each arm, and adjustable clamping means for securing the said rear ends to the automobile frame comprising a hook stem; a jaw member raxially movable on the stem, with one portion thereof overlying the outer side of the frame and another the mid-portion of the stem, arranged to force the mid-portion of the stem into intimate contact with the frame, said stem passing through the slot in said bracket; a nut on said stem bearing on said bracket to force said parts into intimate contact whereby to adjust the altitude ofthe respective ends of the bar.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand.

EDVARD PARRADEE.

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